May 10, 2015
Bad Ideas about Trade
In one of its good initiatives, the Obama administration is trying to finalize the Trans Pacific Partnership – a multilateral trade treaty with some of the most successful and fast-growing nations West…
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April 16, 2015
Examples needed! Pro-market arguments that are based on the mutual benefits of trade.
I’m currently compiling a list of examples of pro-market arguments in the academic literature that are based on the benefits of trade to the trading parties. I’m especially interested in…
March 16, 2015
The Open Borders Manifesto
Today is Open Borders Day. You can sign the Open Borders Manifesto here: Freedom of movement is a basic liberty that governments should respect and protect unless justified by extenuating…
January 26, 2015
IHS Weekend Seminar on “Liberty and Justice” at The College of New Jersey, Feb. 20 – 21st, 2015.
I’m very pleased to announce that The College of New Jersey will be co-hosting a weekend seminar with the IHS on the theme of “Liberty and Justice”. This will start…
January 04, 2015
The Uneasy Marriage of Liberty and Democracy
Michael Huemer writes that if seven friends at the bar decide by a vote of 6 to 1 that you should pay for everyone’s drinks, you are not obligated to…
November 25, 2014
Montesquieu quote of the day
“Political liberty consists in security, or, at least, in the opinion that we enjoy security. This security is never more dangerously attacked than in public or private accusations. It is,…